Trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder among photojournalists

Visual Communication Quarterly

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 4-13

  Newman, Elana ^a   Simpson, Roger ^b   Handschuh, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Photojournalist for the Daily News   (United States)

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EID: 85066198785     PISSN: 15551393     EISSN: 15551407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15551390309363497     Document Type: Article

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